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Work gets underway to improve energy efficiency of West Midlands’ homes

|Date: 17 April, 2023

Work gets underway to improve energy efficiency of West Midlands’ homes

Housing provider, Orbit, the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and VINCI Facilities Building Soluti ...

Housing provider, Orbit, the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and VINCI Facilities Building Solutions have begun work on upgrading the energy performance of 70 properties across the West Midlan ...

17 April, 2023
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Better housing and public sector procurement key to delivering levelling up agenda, says new report

|Date: 31 March, 2022

Better housing and public sector procurement key to delivering levelling up agenda, says new report

Housing and public sector procurement specialists identify low carbon new homes, major retrofit programme ...

Housing and public sector procurement specialists identify low carbon new homes, major retrofit programmes and an increased use of regional and local supply chains as major catalysts to effective leve ...

31 March, 2022
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Social value no longer a ‘nice to have’ for construction schemes

|Date: 1 March, 2021

Social value no longer a ‘nice to have’ for construction schemes

Social value has long been considered a ‘nice to have’ when it comes to construction projects, but thanks ...

Social value has long been considered a ‘nice to have’ when it comes to construction projects, but thanks to the introduction of the Government’s Construction Playbook in December 2020, that is starti ...

1 March, 2021
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Scottish local authorities urged to protect supply chain retentions

|Date: 30 April, 2019

Scottish local authorities urged to protect supply chain retentions

The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group Scotland, representing the largest sector in Scottish ...

The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group Scotland, representing the largest sector in Scottish construction by value, is calling on construction procurers in local authorities to protect re ...

30 April, 2019
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Lovell invites local construction firms to ‘Meet the Buyer’

|Date: 22 January, 2018

Lovell invites local construction firms to ‘Meet the Buyer’

South-west building firms and tradespeople can find out about opportunities to work with expanding Bristo ...

South-west building firms and tradespeople can find out about opportunities to work with expanding Bristol-based Lovell at a free networking event on 28th February. Lovell — which builds, refurbishes, ...

22 January, 2018
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Scape calls for Industrial Strategy to invest £14bn into local economies through public procurement reform

|Date: 10 July, 2017

Scape calls for Industrial Strategy to invest £14bn into local economies through public procurement reform

Public sector procurement specialist, Scape Group, has called on politicians to reform the UK’s procureme ...

Public sector procurement specialist, Scape Group, has called on politicians to reform the UK’s procurement rules in order boost local economies and deliver greater social value for communities throug ...

10 July, 2017
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